Old Lyme Library Hosts Talk on “The Pirates of Penzance,’ Sept. 27
Salt Marsh Opera to present ‘Pirates,’ Oct. 17 & 19 in OS
OLD LYME— On Saturday, Sept. 27, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., James Kuslan will present a special talk titled, ‘The Pirates of Penzance: Flying the Flag of Fun‘ at the Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library. The talk will take place in the Community Room at the library, 2 Library Lane, Old Lyme, CT, 06371.
This talk is co-sponsored by TheGuild of Salt Marsh Opera, who will present The Pirates of Penzance at The Kate in Old Saybrook on Oct. 17 and 19.
The Gilbert and Sullivan operettas are unique in the Anglosphere for the often exalted music of Sullivan and the wit of Gilbert’s dialogue whose DNA indicates Restoration comedy paternity.
The Pirates of Penzance is not the most musically profound of the Savoy operettas. Neither is it Gilbert’s wittiest libretto.
What Pirates is is a masterpiece of a particularly English kind of silliness which sends up the conventions of grand opera while indulging itself in them at the same time.
All are welcome. The talk is free but registration is appreciated. Register to attend at this link.
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